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R. W. HEYWQOD, OF BA'LTIMORE, MARYLAND.

v Letters Patent No. 7 6,446, dated April 7, 1868.

IMPROVED PORTABLE HEAD-REST FOR GAR-SEATS.

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Be it known that I, R. W. HYWOOD, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore, State -of Maryland, have invented a'. new anduseful :improvement on a Portable Head-Rest for Railroad-Car Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being,r had Vto the anneted drawings', making a part of this specification, in which v Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation, giving a front view.

Figure 2 thesame, 4giving n. back view.

Figure 3 a. 'transversesectom showing the workingof my invention when applied to the car-seat.

Figure 4 shows the machine packed for carrying.

The main object of my invention is to provide a portable head-rest for railroad-car seats.

The nature of my invention consists in the bevel-shaped pad A, shaped and padded so as to be firmly secured to the top of the car-seat by giri', Gr, 'drawn around the back of the car-seat, H, iig. 3. B refers to the portable hinged upright, regulated by screw D. Cushion E is regulated by set-screw F. Grift G is secuired to pad A, front and back, as shown in fig. 3, and is used for securing pad A, and also for packing, as shown in fig. 4Q

' To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. A

The pad A smade of iron, bevel in front and padded, so as to t firmly, as shown'in tlg. 3, when secured by girt Gr, as shown in fig. 3. Upright B, made of iron, ftted with pin-joint C, screw D working in a slot in B, to regulate the pitch of the upright, Set-screw F Ais to secure the cushion E at a proper elevation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The combination of the regulating-screw D with 'the hinged adjustable standard B, which supports the head-rest, and the clamp A and straps G fG, by which the apparatus is attached to the back of a car-seat, when theparts -are constructed and combined so as to operate together, substantially as and yfor the purpose specied.`

R. W. HEYWOOD.

Witnesses:

JAMES Auban, Jr., GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND. 

